Saturday, September 29, 2012

We both have the day off today, YAY! But this might be the last day we have off together for awhile, BOO! Andrew will be working on a production of Fiddler on the Roof while Dennis will be heading out on the road with the National Tour of ELF.We're spending the day chillin' enjoying each others company...and since it's International Coffee Day, we decided to make Pumpkin Spice Lattes!

We looked at a whole bunch of different online recipes and just made it our own!It's pretty simple but needs a lot of different ingredients.

We mixed up 2 parts water and 1 part pumpkin puree then added some cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and sugar. We let it simmer on the stove for a few minutes, then strained it to make the pumpkin syrup.

Make a latte and add the syrup!

Sorry we can't be more precise with our measurements but we don't have any measuring spoons yet! Opps! Just keep adding pinches until you like the way it tastes.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Well, there aren't reeaaally any lotions, but that's what we've been calling these.These spooky bottles are super easy, super fun and look great!

We asked Dennis' Mom to start saving jars of all shapes and sizes...while we've been saving our Trader Joe's wine bottles. We combined left over wall paint from the apartment to make ugly colors and sloppily painted our bottles and jars.

Dennis found labels online and printed them off at work. We made these look old and worn by tea dying, tearing and crumpling the paper.

We further distressed the bottles with a Brillo sponge and repeated the whole process until we got the decrepit look we wanted. Mwwahaha!

Add dry ice and candles for a spooky effect...just don't set the house on fire!

Other than all the booze...this was pretty much free and made from what was laying around the apartment!

This is the living room, we call it the bear den. Ggggrrrrrr!One thing we loved about this apartment was the detailed molding. We knew we wanted to highlight them by adding some color but we didn't know how much of a pain in the ass it would be.

The original plan was to paint the entire wall but we were just too lazy! We changed our plan, even though Andrew already painted outside the lines...it's nothing a couch can't cover up, right?! Of course right!We're really happy the way it turned out.

Crafty Lumberjacks

We're Andrew and Dennis. We met while traveling together on the National Tour of Fiddler on the Roof! We're HUGE holiday enthusiasts and love to craft! Hopefully we can help with some inspiration from our apartment to yours.
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